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Clover Stadium
Clover Stadium (the United States)
Former namesPalisades Credit Union Park (2016–2021)
Provident Bank Park (2011–2016)
LocationPomona, New York
Coordinates 41°10′12″N74°02′13″W / 41.170°N 74.037°W / 41.170; -74.037
OwnerRamapo Local Development Corp
OperatorNew York Boulders
Capacity 4,506 (2011–2020)
6,580 (2020–2021)
6,362 (2021–present) [1]
Record attendance7,336 (August 26, 2018) [2]
Field sizeLeft field:323 ft (98 m)
Left-center:383 ft (117 m)
Center field:403 ft (123 m)
Right-center:383 ft (117 m)
Right field:312 ft (95 m)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 10, 2010
Built2010–2011
OpenedJune 16, 2011 [3]
Construction cost US$38 million [4]
Architect DLR Group
BuilderHolt Construction Corp, Pearl River, NY
Tenants
New York Boulders (FL) 2011–present
Dominican College (NCAA) 2012–present
St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans (NCAA) 2012–present
Nyack College (NCAA) 2012–2022
Manhattan Jaspers (NCAA) 2022–present

Clover Stadium is a baseball park in Pomona, New York. It is the home field of the New York Boulders of the independent Frontier League. It has a seating capacity of 6,362 and it opened on June 16, 2011. [3] The stadium is also home to two college baseball teams: the St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans baseball team (NCAA Division II), who began playing all their home games at the venue in the spring of 2012; [5] and the Manhattan College Jaspers men's baseball team since 2022. [6] [7] [8]

In 2012, the project to design and build the stadium received the Ward House Award from the Lower Hudson Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. [9] Originally named Provident Bank Park, naming rights were sold to Palisades Federal Credit Union in April 2016 [10] and to Fiserv in January 2022 who renamed it Clover Stadium for the company's Clover point-of-sale-platform. [11]

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